Visiting the Cut Off Villages Some Questions To Consider
1. Where is Pakistan?
2. Find a country, town or city that you know that you can compare to the number of people who have been left homeless in Pakistan PopulationsPopulations 2
3. What is Pakistan's population?
4. Find the places that are mentioned in the news reports and on the videos to see how widespread the floods are.
5. Find the areas that are affected on a map.
6. How many people were affected?
7. What is Australia's relationship to Pakistan?
8. How are Australian's helping Pakistan?
9. What can you do to help?
10. How have the people of Pakistan reacted to the floods?
11. How has the world responded?
12. Read some statistics about the floods in this report. What fraction of people has been affected?
13. How much money has been given to Pakistan so far?
14. How much do they estimate they will need?
15. As I was reading through these stories and watching the vidoes I constantly found myself in disbelief at the enormity of the floods. Describe your 'whoah' moment, that moment that it hit you, how big this disaster is.
Pakistan Radio Inerview
Facts About the Floods
How Can You Help?
Estimated Cost of Flood
The Australian
AUSAid - How Are Australians Helping?
BBC Coverage
Aerial Photographs
Aerial Photographas 2
News Report About Helping
OXFAM Reports
ABC News - Watch the video
How Are People Helping?
Choose at least 3 Pictures of the Floods and complete a SEE, THINK, WONDER for the pictures.
Video of USA Army Officers Eyewitness Accounts
Some Information About Pakistan
Australia's Relations with Pakistan
ABC NEws Report
ABC Video
The Guardian News Report
CBS News Report
BBC News Video
Some Pictures and Statistics
Visiting the Cut Off Villages
Some Questions To Consider
1. Where is Pakistan?
2. Find a country, town or city that you know that you can compare to the number of people who have been left homeless in Pakistan PopulationsPopulations 2
3. What is Pakistan's population?
4. Find the places that are mentioned in the news reports and on the videos to see how widespread the floods are.
5. Find the areas that are affected on a map.
6. How many people were affected?
7. What is Australia's relationship to Pakistan?
8. How are Australian's helping Pakistan?
9. What can you do to help?
10. How have the people of Pakistan reacted to the floods?
11. How has the world responded?
12. Read some statistics about the floods in this report. What fraction of people has been affected?
13. How much money has been given to Pakistan so far?
14. How much do they estimate they will need?
15. As I was reading through these stories and watching the vidoes I constantly found myself in disbelief at the enormity of the floods. Describe your 'whoah' moment, that moment that it hit you, how big this disaster is.